Simulated card game



Feb. 22, 1955 s. H. WARSHAWSKY 2,702,708

SIMULATED CARD GAME Filed Dec. 14, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l JNVENTOR.

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SIMULATED CARD GAME Filed Dec. 14, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

namhwsx BY United States Patent SIMULATED CARD GAME Samuel H. Warshawsky, Asbury Park, N. J.

Application December 14, 1951, Serial No. 261,713

1 Claim. (Cl. 273-130) This invention relates to games.

An object of this invention is to provide a game which is played after the manner of a poker game, and embodies a frame or holder within which card simulating carriers are adapted to be positioned. The carriers are formed of difierent shapes so that they can be put together in different relations relative to each other so as to produce varied combinations of the game pieces which are within the carriers. Each carrier has a number of game pieces therein which are visible through the transparency of the carriers. Each game piece has printed or 1mpressed thereon the face of a playing card, and when the carriers are snugly arranged within the frame, the game pieces will produce one or more poker hands.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of a game constructed according to an embodiment of this invention, certain of the game pieces being omitted to disclose more clearly the shape of the carriers.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the carriers constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the game pieces.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates generally a frame structure embodying a bottom wall 11, opposite side walls 12 and opposite end walls 13. The frame 10 is adapted to have removably positioned therein a plurality of carrier members generally designated as 14. The carriers 14 are formed of edge abutting channel members embodying a top wall 15 and confronting channels 16. As shown in Figure 2, each carrier embodies pairs of edge abutting members having integral top walls 15 and 15a with confronting channels 16 and 16a. The carriers 14 are preferably formed of transparent material and the carriers are constructed of different shapes; such as a substantially L-shape, which is the shape of carrier 14 (Fig. 2), and a carrier 14a, in the upper right hand corner of Fig. 1, which is also L-shaped but having one side thereof longer than the side 15a of carrier 14.

Another L-shaped carrier 14b forms one of the groups of carriers with carrier 14b formed of L-shape but with the top wall 15b thereof substantially longer than the top wall 15 of carrier 14. A substantially T-shaped carrier 14c forms another one of the differently shaped carriers, and a carrier 14d of substantially Z-shape forms a further one of the carriers. Each carrier is provided with an upstanding handle 17 by means of which the carrier may be readily lifted from the frame 10 or inserted 2,702,708 Patented Feb. 22, 1955 ice therein. Each carrier has removably mounted therein a plurality of game pieces 18, which are formed of a rectangular plate having a pair of parallel rabbets 19 in the lower side thereof for slidable engagement within the confronting channels of the carrier. One or both sides of the game piece 18 has printed, impressed or otherwise formed thereon a card simulating surface 20, which is adapted to be exposed through the transparent top wall of the carrier. The carriers are constructed of a size to hold three or more of the game pieces 18. The game herein disclosed is designed for using 25 of the game pieces and the simulated cards have a value from nine to ace in the four suits. The 25th card may be an extra ace or a joker and is provided in order that five complete poker hands may be formed.

In the playing of the game, the game pieces 18 are inserted into the carriers 14 to 14d in any arbitrary arrangernent and the obiect of the game is to arrange the carriers 14 within the frame 10 so as to produce as many poker hands as possible. This is done by arranging the carriers within the frame 19 so that the poker hands may be produced crosswise of the frame, lengthwise of the frame and also diagonally of t e frame, it being understood that the same arrangement of game pieces within each individual carrier remains the same throughout each game or series of games, the poker hands thus being formed by the different arrangement of the carriers in such manner that the total area of the carriers conforms to the total area of the frame structure as Well as to the rectangular shape thereof. Upon the completion of a predetermined number of games the cards in the carriers may be rearranged to provide an entirely new series of possible arrangements. By this means a very large variety of possible combinations is provided. In the playing of the game, a. given score is provided for the various poker hands which are produced in the arrangement of the carriers within the frame or holder 10 and the player obtaining the highest point score is adjudged the winner.

1 do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A game comprising a rectangular frame formed of a bottom wall and upstanding side and end flanges, a plurality of transparent carriers each having portions thereof which include a top wall, oppositely disposed side walls and a flange extending inwardly from each of said side walls, and a plurality of elongated substantially rectangular game pieces, each of said pieces having playing card indicia disposed on a face thereof, each of said pieces having a groove formed therein on opposite parallel sides thereof, said flanges slidably engaging within said grooves of said game pieces to releasably secure a plurality of said pieces to each of said carriers, said indicia being viewable through said top wall, and each of said carriers having the top wall thereof equal to the combined area of at least three of said game pieces and of a shape adapted for the reception of at least a pair of said pieces in end-to-end relationship and at least a third piece in side-by-side relationship with respect to one piece of said pair of pieces.

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